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the McFly Effect – n. the phenomenon of observing your parents interact with people they grew up with, which reboots their personalities into youth mode, offering you a glimpse of the dreamers and rascals they used to be, before you … Continue reading →

mottleheaded – adj. feeling uneasy when socializing with odd combinations of friend and family, or friends and colleagues, or colleagues and family – mixing a medley of ingredients that don’t typically go together, which risks either watering down your identity … Continue reading →

fensiveness – n. a knee-jerk territorial reaction  when a friend displays a casual interest in one of your obsessions. I think that some of us have some fensiveness about the things that we deeply care about if we worry about … Continue reading →

incidental contact high – n. an innocuous touch by someone just doing their job – a barber, yoga instructor, or friendly waitress – that you find more meaningful than you’d like to admit; a feeling of connection so stupefying simple … Continue reading →